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Hattons second hand would list it for £100

Does that apply to the mainline and EWs as well ?

New 37s showing in stock at bar well !

Although it may be housing a tamper, In ' diesels and electrics on shed -WR' it is most definitely listed as a shed for main line locos, and has 47104 beside it

I'm curious as to who is buying these sets / collectors / people who travel on these things / people who have LT layouts ?

I'm still eating fish fingers and angel delight ! Not sure if I prefer butter scotch or strawberry though..... Nice peak !

Doesn't seem to have been such a problem at blue box as it was at red box for reasons already chewed over

Yes yodel are to deliveries what Austin rover were to cars

I think the modern way of doing things is great for the manufacturer but dire for the paying customer. Years ago, I used to buy stuff from the long lamented motor books in Oxford. They always had a ton of Lima locos ( that dates it ) and if I couldn't afford or didn't know if I'd need it yet, I could always go back months later with a fighting chance of still getting the product. Now with batch production that thought process has to speed up - if I think I may need something I need to get it like now. I could really do with stashing away some HST power cars but at almost £200 I can't stockpile for the future layouts. I've got a blue 4CEP I brought on a whim, but reluctant to move on as I may need it in the future. The only way stuff hangs around is if it isn't popular - like some of the recent class 47s then it gets in the hattons bargain pile. This isn't a criticsm of Bachmann, merely an observation , as it must be more efficient for them. And I'm waiting for my mainline 37 to come on the Shanghai express ......but I can wait.

Ooh. Bit of a minefield of detail then 109 was probably the rarest mainline one , as it was re sprayed in EWS very soon after changing to mainline. That's a split box one though.

It's good to know they are listening. For some reason I just had an image of Father Christmas with me sitting in his knee pop into my head.

Nice wagon as ever ! I've just got my three VGAs out as my next plank is going to be around 96-98. Maybe one day I'll finish something

Now I never spotted that on '032. Good eyesight !

I'm just thinking what I can renumber the Mainline 37242 too when it comes out......167,074 maybe. A lot are ruled out by having headlight clips or marker lights.

Fairford is just up the road from me, but it's lost a lot of its appeal since the Americans pulled out several years ago. I'm only interested in the fast stuff, not helicopters or trainers. I counted 7 fast jets last year. Couldn't cycle over this year as it was the wife's birthdays and we were at IMAX

I was a tad shocked at how much I paid for the polybulks recently, £60 to me seems a lot for a wagon, but it is a very nice one. I guess we are a bit loco centric - I need to move on from the days of Lima 37s for £39.99 ! ( 1999). I'm looki gat the forthcoming class 37s and discounted they are £106. I think that is a fair price TBH ! This is discretionary spending folks, if it seems too much for you, don't get it. It's not petrol, food, water, gas etc.

Good stuff, I was toying with the idea of 248 as well, there were so many interesting 37s In that period before a tidal wave of sheds came and knocked them out. It's kind of nostaligia about how I got back in modelling as well - in 98 I went to the legendary Toton open day and brought a Lima 37057 ' Viking ' in the new and funky EWS colours , this was followed by 37219 in mainline. They then sat in a drawer under my bed for a year and a half until I thought I needed somewhere to run them. Mainline blue was my favourite colour and very relevant to the south east where I was brought up. strangely there are many photos of manline stuff in EWS days, but not much when it was just mainline in its own

Well I make that about £3000 worth.... Seriously though ,mate, have you informed your house insurer you have a ' collection ' worth over £1500 , some of them need this info to put it separately in the insurance

Neil you've already got a 100 37s !

I've gotta say it's partially your work James, that has got me eyeing up the forthcoming 37s from Bachmann in EWS and mainline, ids there a place in my life for a mid - late 90s plank ??

I need these lead times to save up as everything seems so much more expensive these days.... Yours, Angry of Swindon

It's a 100% profit they seem to be looking for. I'm thinking that would only appeal to those with no knowledge of models , looking to see probably a deceased relatives stock.

Ah but don't forget, they didn't arrive at once. Load haul, transrail and mainline appeared in 94, Then Wisconsin Central brought the lot ( and rfd eventually ) and started EWS And who in their right mind, thought, three different bidders would buy LH,TR and mainline to compete against each other for small slices of a small market...

The VOPAK police are watching

Blimey Neil, is EWS back in the day ? I feel old now....I was 24 when EWS was born....